Cops cooked up compensation story

Rajkot: In crimes like murder, police often face the challenge of tracing the accused when they flee outside Gujarat and remain out of their reach for many years. “To ensure that Manoj doesn’t doubt police action and flees, we hatched a plan and announced that the railways had announced Rs four lakh compensation for Bablu’s death. Police informed Minta that the money would be paid only after recording the statements of people who had taken him to hospital.On learning this, Manoj decided to accompany Minta to Jetpur to fetch her children,” said investigation officer AD Parmar. As soon as they returned, the police questioned Manoj and saw ‘Minta’ tattoed on his wrist. Manoj killed Bablu near the tracks to make it look like a railway accident